Robert Goodloe Harper

Robert Goodloe Harper (January 1765-14 January 1825) was a member of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina's 5th district from 9 February 1795 to 3 March 1801 (succeeding Alexander Gillon and preceding William Butler) and a US Senator from Maryland from 29 January to 6 December 1816 (succeeding Samuel Smith and preceding Alexander Contee Hanson). He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Robert Goodloe Harper was born near Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1765, and he served in a volunteer cavalry corps during the American Revolutionary War. In 1786, he became a lawyer in South Carolina, and he served in the State House of Representatives from 1790 to 1795. He then went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1795 to 1801 as a Federalist Party member. After leaving office, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland to continue his law career, and he attained the rank of Major-General during the War of 1812. In 1816, he was elected to the US Senate, but he resigned to focus on his failed vice-presidential bid that same year. He died in 1825.